{"id":9854,"date":"2012-08-31T11:46:43","date_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:46:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/?p=9854"},"modified":"2012-08-31T11:46:43","modified_gmt":"2012-08-31T01:46:43","slug":"breastscreen-bus-will-continue-to-visit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/southburnett.com.au\/news2\/2012\/08\/31\/breastscreen-bus-will-continue-to-visit\/","title":{"rendered":"BreastScreen Bus Will Continue To Visit"},"content":{"rendered":"

August 31, 2012<\/strong><\/p>\n

Rural women worried about recent publicity about the BreastScreen Queensland program have been assured that the service is not being taken away.<\/p>\n

BreastScreen Queensland Health Promotion Officer Jessica Hobbs assured rural women that the breastscreening van would continue to tour rural Queensland.<\/p>\n

“We’ve had a few phonecalls from rural women about the breastscreening service and want them to know they don’t need to be concerned about the service being taken away from rural areas.<\/p>\n

“The mobile service will continue on its two yearly visits. The service is currently in Crows Nest and will continue through the South Burnett and onto the Western Downs.<\/p>\n

“If women want to find out when the mobile service will be back in their region they can phone 13-20-50 to find out the dates and location of their closest service.”<\/p>\n

Ms Hobbs said BreastScreen Queensland is a nationally accredited service that prides itself on their state-of-the-art service.<\/p>\n

“Women will continue to be able to access this wonderful service and will still receive their reminder letters every two years,” she said.<\/p>\n

BreastScreen Queensland Toowoomba Service encourages all women aged 50\u201369 years to have a breast screen every two years. However the program is available to all women over 40 years of age.<\/p>\n

For more information, or to make an appointment, phone 13-20-50.<\/p>\n